Girls names of the Edwardian era

[RoaringTwenties]

Still trying to find a middle name for DD...we've realised a lot of our favourites seem to be dating to the Edwardian era or thereabouts, names like Constance, Patience, Cicely, Pearl...

My great grandmother was one of 13 sisters born in this period all of whom had names beginning with M - Maud, Madge, Mabel, Mary, Melinda, Millicent, Martha...I can never remember them all!

Just wondered if anyone had any more to offer
MTIA

Just having a look at my family tree. I can offer you:
Daisy
Florence
Lilian
Eleanor
Kate/Katherine
Louisa
Winifred
Georgina

(All used 1899-1910)

Just a guess that these are popular Edwardian names, but how about -
Lily
Elizabeth
Alice
Ethel
Ellen
Ada
Edith
Annie
Gertrude
Elsie

Just a short selection
Charlotte
Constance
Clara
Victorine
Abigail

Aren't all flower names typically Edwardian? I think there was a trend for horticultural names back then.

This website nameberry.com/ is awesome There are name lists such as 'pretty, vintage girls names' and that sort of thing.

Get mooching!

MammaT

Iris
Ivy
Ruby
Pearl
Coral
Constance
Eloise
Althea
Elvira
Lucinda
Millicent
Olive
Ida
Harriet
Violet
Adele
Viola
Ava
Eva
Evelyn
Jasmine
Penelope
Gladys
Octavia
Rowena
Estelle
Kathleen
Primula
Isabella
Aurelia
Joan
Sophia
Maria
Honora
Lucy
Cecilia
Lydia
Arabella
Eleanor

I like Constance (nn Connie) and also Clara. I think "virtue" names were popular then - if you like Patience how about Faith, Hope, Grace?

I knew 3 sisters at school called Faith, Hope and Patience - think this was a little too much of a good thing, rather like 13 sisters beginning with M - you can take a theme too far!

Popular girls' names for 1900 in order were:

Florence, Mary, Alice, Annie, Elsie, Edith, Elizabeth, Doris, Dorothy, Ethel, Gladys, Lilian, Hilda, Margaret, Winifred, Lily, Elllen, Ada, Emily, Violet, Rose, Sarah, Nellie, May, Beatrice, Gertrude, Ivy, Mabel, Jessie, Maud, Eva, Agnes, Jane, Evelyn, Frances, Kathleen, Clara, Olive, Amy, Catherine, Grace, Emma, Nora, Louisa, Minnie, Lucy, Daisy, Eliza, Phyllis, Anne.

Was Gwendoline Edwardian? I like it anyway.

I am thinking of Clara if bump is a girl. Hubbie and I are undecided on boys names.

Gwendoline was unusual in in 1900 but had caught on by about 1920.

Mahala. I love this name and I can't understand why it didn't come back into popularity along with Ruby, Ava, Florence etc. In fact not many people nowadays seem to have heard of the name....

I always rather liked Hope, Constance, Patience as names - despite somewhat bitter moralistic after taste. Hope is a particularly nice name I think.

Alice is a good Edwardian name.

From my family tree I give you

Bessie
Kathleen
Evangeline
Hannah
Olive
Evelyn
Edie

From my family tree

Mary
Barbara
Elizabeth
Pamela
Nancy

Their little brother was George. All born 1900 - 1914.

Isn't mahala hawaiin for thank you?!!

I don't know babyblabber, possibly, it sounds a bit Hawaiian I guess! I know it was a reasonably popular name in the early 20th century, but seems to have completely dropped off the radar now.

babyblabber close, you're thinking of Mahalo.

Names from my family tree circa 1880 - 1910

Frances
Lily
Annie
Florence
Violet
Alice
Jemima
Jane
Tilly
Fay
Rosie
Elizabeth
Polly

How can 'mahala' have been a reasonably popular name around 1900? If it had; when I was a child, there there would have been ladies around the age I am now with the name, but I have never heard of it.

In my family at that era we had
Dinah
Sarah
Harriet
Helen
Emily
Lilian
Alice

Julia

Ada
Rosa
Jessie
Nellie
Winifred
Queenie
Dorothy
Dorothea
Lettice
Lucy
Esther
Hesta
Ottilie
Felicity
Priscilla
Venitia

Thanks for all these everyone, some really lovely names there. Think we're agreed Violet is top so far

Nobody's mentioned Sylvia. I have two boys but I was seriously keen on Sylvia...

Ada
Elizabeth
Margaret
Elsie
Marion
Violet
Rose
Hermione
Agatha
Daisy
Pearl
Honoria
Evelyn
Helena
Constance
Edith
Grace
Cecily
Florence
Matilda
Isabella

...
Lillian
Bridget
Esther
Rebecca
Francis
Therese
Regina